In its attempt to find pro-European Union voices after David Cameron’s car crash town hall performance tonight, the BBC used a tweet from a spoof Conservative MP’s Twitter account. The corporation’s live blog of the Sky News event was being
Prime Minister David Cameron is appearing on Sky News tonight in the first major set piece television event of the the European Union (EU) referendum campaign. Mr. Cameron hopes to make the case for remaining in the EU, under questioning from a live
The “utopian” idea of a Europe without nation-states has failed and the “spectre of a break-up” is now haunting the continent, the President of the European Council has admitted. Donald Tusk said that Eurocrats had “failed to notice” their ideals
Conservative Party MEP Sajjad Karim has said that UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage “would have been dealt with” during his Brexit tour around the United Kingdom, were it not for the cameras present. Karim – who defected from
A man who was once a key player in European Union (EU) integration has called for a “pause” in the European project, admitting that people do not want ever closer union. Hubert Védrine, who served as French Foreign Minister from
From The Week: Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has called for a ban on hedge funds and others being able to commission private exit polls to inform bets on the outcome of the EU referendum. The Financial Times reported yesterday that
An Australian couple who came to the UK legally under a scheme designed to attract people to the Scottish Highlands have been threatened with deportation as the government has now scrapped the scheme. The couple say they could be left
Google, by far the world’s most popular and influential Internet search engine, has inexplicably buried a popular eurosceptic website on the second page of search results on the topic, the website’s founder has claimed. He said the Internet giant is
A South West Trains driver has been suspended from work after a commuter took a picture of a digital display on one of his carriages, which it is claimed showed a political slogan.
A taxi driver has launched a hard-hitting diatribe against Britain’s political classes who he said have “killed Britain” through uncontrolled immigration, perfectly encapsulating the ‘working man versus elite’ debate at the heart of the EU referendum. Cabbie ‘Alfie’ from London’s
The European Union (EU) is a “mafia” that “profits from British power” and the UK must vote for Brexit if it ever wants to regain control of its borders, Nigel Farage has said. Speaking to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the
A series of polls published in recent days shows the case for Brexit gaining traction, and in some cases has the Leave campaign establishing a lead over Remain. Two polls conducted for The Guardian by ICM shows voters favouring Brexit by 52 per cent
After years of being condemned for even daring to suggest that mass immigration was having a negative impact on British society I feel rather less lonely this morning. Today’s front pages mark a genuine sea change in British politics. The
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon is to put beer mats calling for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) in all 920 of its pubs across the UK. The mats will carry a message singed by company chairman Tim Martin, comparing
Britain could cut net migration by 100,000 a year after leaving the European Union by implementing some very simple policy changes, the head of a leading migration watchdog has claimed. Writing in The Spectator, Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of
Claims are emerging that European Union (EU) citizens living in the UK are receiving polling cards for next month’s referendum despite not being allowed to vote. George Eaton, Political Editor of the New Statesman, claims that he knows of EU
The Grassroots Out campaign is set to launch a UK newspaper ad “blitz” lampooning U.S. President Barack Obama’s intervention in the European referendum debate in the United Kingdom. The ad, which plays on the 2008 Obama campaign slogan “Yes We
Up to half a million migrants and their families who have fled from the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere could head to the UK after 2020 under European Union (EU) free movement rules. Migration Watch UK says that migrants
Immigration is the foremost issue pushing the British public into voting for Brexit, new analysis from David Cameron’s election guru Lynton Crosby has claimed. Following a week of immigration-based campaigning by Leave activists, a new poll has reportedly seen a
Just weeks after attacking the Labour candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has performed an about-face, appearing with him at pro-European Union rally. Mr. Khan, who was elected after roundly beating the eurosceptic Conservative Party candidate
The Conservative Party descended into open warfare yesterday as three MPs called for the Prime Minister David Cameron to resign over Project Fear. The calls have raised the possibility of a general election this autumn, to allow the Conservatives to
Economists have a history of getting it wrong and we should not trust their opinions on Brexit, a Tory grandee has said. Lord Tebbit, who was Chairman of the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher, pointed out that 364 economists famously
Pro-Brexit campaigners are protesting about a council-approved guide to postal voting which accompanies ballots and strongly implies recipients should vote Remain in the upcoming referendum. A step-by-step ‘How To Vote By Post’ guide was sent by Bristol City Council to residents registered for
LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) – Two leading members of the ruling Conservatives accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday of breaking his promise to curb immigration, stepping up hostilities in the party over a battle to win next month’s
Religious leaders in the UK have joined together to oppose Brexit, writing a letter claiming peace in Europe would be jeopardised if Britain leaves the European Union (EU) and warning their co-religionists that a vote to leave is a vote against a
A Brexit-supporting Labour MP says most ethnic minority voters are backing Remain in the upcoming European Union (EU) referendum because the Leave campaign is “racist” for mentioning immigration in the debate, and that ethnic minority voters are “horrified” at opposition against
From the Independent: Senior EU leaders are preparing the ground for a possible Brexit vote with high-level meetings aimed at a “plan B” future of the bloc without the UK, including closer co-operation on security and defence matters. The leaders of
The Times Red Box has written an entire article alleging that someone from the Britain Stronger In campaign found a video made by Breitbart London Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam “offensive” and “insensitive”. Only the day before the article appeared, however, Red Box
Britain should leave the European Union (EU) to save thousands of curry houses from closing, senior figures in the industry have said. Pasha Khandaker, President of the Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA), said EU rules allowing free movement have led to
Chancellor George Osborne’s warning that every household would be £4,300 worse off if Britain leaves the European Union (EU) is based a false assumption about how much single market actually means for British trade. Treasury figures trumpeted by Mr Osborne
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that figures showing net migration at its second highest level on record were disappointing but that he expected the trend to change. At a meeting of the G7
ISE-SHIMA, Japan, May 27 (Reuters) – A British exit from the European Union would be a serious risk to global economic growth, Group of Seven leaders said in a summit declaration on Friday, as Prime Minister David Cameron urged voters
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he was not a “closet Brexiteer” and that leaving the European Union would hurt Britain’s economic future and complicate trade deals with countries such as Japan. Speaking at
A group of Brexit supporters have contacted Britain’s chief civil servant demanding that pro-EU propaganda be deleted from Government websites in accordance with referendum ‘purdah’ rules. Tomorrow the British Government enters a period of official ‘purdah’ lasting for four weeks until the European Union (EU) referendum
From Prof. Matthew Goodwin in The Times Red Box: Over the past week social media has been full of talk about the “trend toward Remain”. But if we look below the surface what has really changed? Well, granted, the two
Concerns have been raised over recent EU referendum polls that show massive, anomalous leads to the ‘Remain’ camp, calling into question why the Telegraph newspaper is using a lesser known polling company using sample sizes which are less than half
A government funded campaign group has released a “hard-hitting” poster depicting Brexit supporters as racist skinheads and Remain voters as oppressed ethnic minorities. The poster, produced by Operation Black Vote (OBV), was slammed by UKIP leader Nigel Farage as a “disgusting”
AFP – A series of recent polls suggest a widening lead for supporters of Britain’s continued European Union membership, handing “Remain” campaigners a psychological boost three weeks before the country votes in a crucial in-out referendum. The “Remain” camp leads
The last set of official immigration figures before Britain votes on its membership of the European Union (EU) shows net migration has risen to 333,000 – up 20,000 from December 2014 and the second highest level on record. The numbers,
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Those fighting for Britain to remain in the European Union are making good progress but getting young people to register and turn out to vote is the ‘In’ camp’s greatest concern, Prime Minister David Cameron said
